addition of alcohol.
And then think about how 'bad' the situation is ... sitting out on the porch on a warm spring evening enjoying dinner. Not exactly what one would call stressful or 'bad', right?
Picking up, with that as your excuse ... would probably qualify as one of the worst excuses ever, wouldn't you say?
Agree with the other suggestions as well. Talk to your sponsor, if you don't have one, get one. Plan to attend a Sunday evening meeting either before or after dinner, assuming one's available. If not, resolve to read a few pages of some inspirational literature/Big Book/Living Sober booklet, etc, before dinner.
The fact that you're identifying a particular source of stress/trigger, that's excellent. Now leverage that knowledge to help guide you towards doing the next right thing ... which means being proactive in the ways described in the thread.
Good luck, and keep on keeping on 
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